Vanessa Tevi Kumares (Tamil: வெனெசா தேவி குமரேஸ்; simplified Chinese: 温妮莎; traditional Chinese: 溫妮莎; pinyin: Wēn Níshā; Jyutping: Wan1 Nei4 Saa1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Un Nî-sa; born 4 December 1991) is a Malaysian Chindian model and beauty pageant titleholder, who was crowned Miss Universe Malaysia 2015.
[3][4] After graduating from the University of Sunderland, she took an internship at the Marriott in Chandler, Arizona, United States, for a year before working for a hotel in Singapore.
Tevi represented Malaysia at the global 64th Miss Universe 2015 pageant held in Las Vegas, US on 20 December 2015.
She failed to place in the semi-finals, but garnered media attention and acclaim by being the first candidate to embrace the pageant winner, Miss Universe 2015 Pia Wurtzbach after the incident.
[6][7] In October 2016, Tevi was selected as one of two Malaysian women to represent Puma as the brand's official ambassadors for the Southeast Asia market, in conjunction with the launch of the sportswear company's “Do You” campaign.